http://www.dickiebeautique.com DickieBeautique: Dickie Beau's Open Clique Tue, 26 Jan 2010 09:25:52 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en I had the idea to post a blog about procrastination & perfectionism, mmmm, about a month ago. I was gonna make it a New Year blog. Fresh approach, new beginnings, that kind of thing. So, I finally get around to it today, four weeks into the New Year. Ah, well, ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2010/01/26/number-one-or-nothing/ 2009 has been a pretty good year for online activism. It was especially invigorating to observe the overwhelming response to Jan Moir’s vile character assassination of the unfortunate Stephen Gately, which was simultaneously a swiping insult to all of us queers; and which served to galvanise the community in challenging ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2009/12/19/sibilant-so-shoot-me/ Scorching sex with random strangers. Far too many cigarettes. It seemed a sensible exchange To swap you for some fresh regrets. It wasn't till the statements came I saw I'd added to my debt And kindling an aimless flame Had rendered me a silhouette. Some of the things I have done to get over you is a ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2009/02/06/some-of-the-things-ive-done-to-get-over-you/ So, it’s coming round to that time of year again where we are encouraged, if not enforced, to enact expressions of dedicated love to the specious - sorry, special someone in our lives. To shower them with precious gifts and Hallmark cards by way of declaring everlasting love and undying ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2009/02/05/bloody-valentines/ Gordon Brown looks to me like the kind of bloke whose stress is most manifest in issues of the bowel. He is like the personification of trapped wind. He is, in both literal and literary terms, the opposite of a dynamic character. He has the physical panache of a jacket ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/09/17/the-only-decent-tory-is-a-lavatory/ The most searching and penetrative tour documentary since the world didn't end. The Lipsinkers: Trannies on Tour from Dickie Beau on Vimeo. http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/09/11/the-lipsinkers-trannies-on-tour/ Having casually assumed that I would be transmogrified into anti-matter this morning when the megaparticle nuclear velociraptor was switched on I've been letting things slide on the domestic front to a considerable degree for weeks. I haven't blogged at all. There is something of Chernobyl about my sock drawer. So, ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/09/11/my-world-disappears-into-a-plughole/ I don't know who took this picture of our bodypaint orgy at last week's Southbank Dorothy night but we're very proud of it here at the Dickie Beautique. It's going straight on the wall. At a jaunty angle. That's me swimming in the middle with the white face. I'm either ... http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/08/07/a-shower-on-the-southbank/ When my beautiful wife took a knife And took her beautiful, wonderful life We both found God. But the thing that really struck a chord Was the shame I felt when I got bored With bereavement. http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/07/13/the-vile-in-the-violins/ Currently resides in the attic. http://www.dickiebeautique.com/2008/07/12/self-portrait/